How to resolve title issues. This reader sold one property but the closing attorney used the legal description for two and they need to get it fixed. Q: Earlier this year, I sold my house through a real estate company. I then moved next door to a rental home I own. A few months later, [...]
Should you add a child’s name to your property title? Pros and cons of adding a child as co-owner to avoid going through probate to inherit property. Q: I just read your column giving suggestions to an elderly mother who wanted to make sure her daughter received her home at death without probate. I'm a [...]
Mobile homes and property titles: What you need to know to ensure your mobile home is properly insured and recorded in your name. Q: In September 2017, you wrote an article about how "title insurers don't deal with mobile-home issues" in our local Ohio paper. This is exactly our situation. We have contacted the motor [...]
It’s important to have a property title in place before you can sell, even if it means hunting down or replacing lost documents. Q: We purchased our property (2.4 acres) about 20 years ago. The main house is a mobile home on a cement foundation. During the process of selling our property, we discovered that [...]
